ICPC invites Oyetola’s ex-commissioner over alleged fraud
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has invited former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in Osun State, Adebayo Adeleke, for questioning over allegation of fraud.
Adeleke’s media aide, Kazeem Mohammed, said the agency sent the invite on Monday.
Mohammed, who said Adeleke was met by the ICPC officials that brought the letter while leaving the premises of a radio station in Osogbo, the state capital, in the evening, noted that the ex-commissioner was not arrested as speculated on social media.
The investigation follows a petition by Osun State Government to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the renovation of primary healthcare centres by the administration of ex-governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
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The petition claimed some APC members, including Adeleke, were awarded the renovation contract.
But Adeleke, while reacting to the allegations, said he had already resigned from the company listed by the state government, adding that Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration was after him for exposing infractions committed by it.
Commenting further on the invitation to Adeleke by the anti graft agency, Mohammed said, “He has been invited. Some ICPC officials brought the letter to him when he was about to leave the premises of a radio station in Osogbo this evening. He received the letter and promised to honour it at a later date.
“Those that brought the letter were very civil. He was not arrested. Prince Adeleke even spoke about the invite by the ICPC during a radio programme today (Monday). So, no cause for alarm.”
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